Value: ECTS Credits 4
Description:
A unit intended to
familiarize students with verbal and non-verbal techniques and aids
used in public presentations. Students are expected to participate
actively, with evaluation feedback from the other students in the
group contributing to the lecture. The unit consists of the
presentation and discussion of:
(a) Issues of Influence: persuasion, propaganda, etc, and issues of
learning and audience reception: styles, delivery methods, etc.
(b) How to examine objectives, delivery methods, audiences and
environment.
(c) The presenter as medium - public speaking, posture, expression,
tone, non-verbals, etc.
(d) An introduction to the use of visuals (different categories of
visuals, visual literacy, the generation of visuals - from
match-stick figures to clip-art manipulation), audio, computer
software and other tools to aid presentations, as well as report
writing, bibliographies, etc.
(e) An in depth study of the use of instructional and presentation
media, including: the white/black board. the overhead projector
(o.h.p transparencies and other transparency based material).
slides. audio. video. role-play in presentation simulation.
presentation software (Microsoft Power-point, etc). reality based
and computer based models. other, audio-visual presentation aids.
Preliminary reading List
American Psychological Association
(1994). Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, 4th edition. Washington D.C.: American
Psychological Association.
Argyle, M. (1988). Bodily
Communication (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.
Beebe, S. A., & Beebe, S. J. (1994).
Public Speaking: An audience-centred approach. Englewood Cliffs,
N.J.: Prentice Hall.
Denny, R. (1994). Speak for yourself.
London: Kogan Page
Ellington. H., & Race, P. (1993).
Producing Teaching Materials. 2nd edition. London: Kogan Page
Gagne', R.M. (ed.) (1987).
Instructional Technology: Foundations. Hillsdate, N.J.: Erlbaum
Heinich R., Molenda, M., Russell, I.,
Smaldino, S. E. (1994). Instructional Media and Technologies for
Learning, 5th edition. New Jersey: Merrill.
Hogg, M. A., & Vaughan,
G.M. (1995). Social Psychology: An introduction.
London: Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Johnson, F., & Johnson, L. A. (1971).
Stick Figure Drawing for Language Teachers. Bucks: Ginn and
Company Ltd.
McKenzie, C. (1993). Successful
Presentations. London: Century Business.
McRoberts, R. (1987). Media Workshop
Vol.2: Images. Melbourne: The Macmillan Company of Australia.
Messaris, P. (1994). Visual Literacy:
Image, Mind, & Reality. Boulder: Westview Press.
Murphy, B. (1995). Presentations for
professional communicators. Bath: Batsford.
Winn, B. (1987). Charts, graphs and
diagrams in educational materials. In D. M. Willows & H. A. Houghton
(eds.) The Psychology of Illustration (vol.1). New
York: Springer-Verlag.
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